Pegging-jack



(No Model.)

J. D. F 1-]. PBGGING K.

No. 436,974. Patehted Sept, 23, 18.90,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN D. FISKE, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

PEGGlNG-JACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,974, dated September 23,1890.

Application filed July 5, 1890. Serial No. 357,744. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN D. FISKE, of-Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pegging-Jacks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, whereby any one skilled in the art can make and use the same.

My invention relates to the general class of devices that are used in repairing boots and shoes; and the object of my invention is to provide a pegging-jack that can be readily and conveniently used for repairing boots and shoes of different sizes and that shall possess simple means of holding the shoe in position while it is being repaired.

To this end my invention consists in the combination of the supporting-post, the bracket-last, and the distending-spring, and in details of the several parts making up the device as a whole and in their combination, as more particularly hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figurel is a detail perspective view of the pegging-jack. Fig. 2 is a detail view in side elevation of the jack and in section of a shoe in position in using the jack.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes a standard 'or post, t-hatis preferably of wood, and has on the top a plate forming the heel-section b of the last. The jack as a whole is made up of this heel-section b and a bracket-section b. The top of the post or standard a is square on the front side and rounded on the rear, the latter conforming to the shape of the interior of the heel of a boot or shoe, and on this rear portion there is provided a series of projecting points forming a sort of hook c, that engages the inner side of a heel, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and prevents the shoe from slipping upward.

On the front side of the post, at a convenient distance below the top, is arranged a rounded shoulder d, and above this and on the same side there is secured a flat spring e, that is so arranged as to normally thrust away from the post at its upper end, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The bracket-section b is formed as to the body part like the front or toe section of a last, the division between the heel-section and the braeketsection coming at about the shank of the last. At the lower end of the downWardly-proj ecting armb of the bracket-last there is a bearing b adapted to fit upon the shoulder d on the standard a.

In the operation of my device the bracketlast is supported with the bearing 5 on the stop (1. The shoe f is slipped upon the toesection or bracket-last, and the latter is then pulled back toward the post against the resistance of the spring 6 until the shoe can be slipped over the heel-section of the post into the position illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. In this position a shoe issecurely held in place while the heel and sole, or either of them, is being secured in making the repairs.

I claim as my invention 1. In a pegging-jack, in combination with a post terminating at its upper end in a heelsection of a last, a shoulder d, formed on one side of the post, a spring e, supported on the post and with its front end normally thrusting outward therefrom, and the bracket-last b, and at the end of a downwardly-projecting arm a bearing 5 that fits upon the shoulder on the post, all substantially as described.

2. In a peggin g-j ack, in combination with a standard terminating at its upper end in the heel-section of a last, a hook device on the heel portion, a rounded shoulder on the side of the post, a bracket-last having at its upper end the toe-section of alast and having on the lower end of the arm a curved bearin g adapted to fit upon the shoulder on the standard, and a spring operating to thrust the last-sections apart, all substantially as described.

JOHN D. FISKE.

\Vitnesses:

ARTHUR B. JENKINS, O. A. BUCKLAND. 

